RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21831, 19 December 1932, Page 13

RACING NEWS

Br Sentinel.

Although there has been a mild exodus from the field originally-engaged in the Auckland Cup, nothing of any great note < has dropped out of. the race. The same remark applies to the Railway Handicap, in which the majority of those dropping out figured at the minimum w-eight. It -was an ideal summer’s morning at Wingitui on Saturday. The trestles on the course were in about 10 feet closer to the rails and made the times read a bit faster than those recorded earlier in the week. Some horses, however, worked a bit wide and on the ground used during the past couple of weeks or more. , , Bell Hill and Blue Hills were coupled over six furlongs, and put up Imm 21 4-3 sec, with the former travelling on the outside going best. June the Third ‘was ; not', fully extended’ when .covering half a mile in 52 2-ssec. * •, . v • » Fine Weather and- Colonel Quex began at the mile post, and covered the 'distance in Imin 49 2-ssec, the last seven in Imin 37sec. Shinshape and Lochard were responsible for six furlongs in Imin 22 3-ssec Arden’s Beauty, pulling hard, worked at a strong pace over a circuit on the plough. . , Shock worked on the plough, and covered a final three furlongs in 40sec. Irish Lancer and Lord Argosy broke away from the mile post and kept company throughout, but the former was waiting with the other over the final three furlongs. They ran the mile in Imin 49sec and the last seven in Imin 35sec. , ' - Blue Metal was waiting over the final furlong with Daring Deed when concluding five furlongs in Imin 7 3-ssec. Cleaner finished better than Gold Dress at the end of six furlongs in Imm 20 l-ssec.

Blazon and Bold Brigand were not extended when coupled over seven furlongs. They vi'ere on the bit all the way._' Worship was travelling a bit wide when running half a mile in 53sec. He has been getting through fairly solid work,., and is now ready to show improvement. The Ravenna gelding had Orangapai in trouble halfway un the straight, and finished six furlongs in Imin 22 l-ssec. Orangapai’s gear went wrong and she did not finish. Guarantee, was sent a leisurely halfmile in. 57sec. He is in fine order, and has done rvell since last seen in public. Red Racer went twice round the plough »t a good striding pace. Solanum came away from Shamata when concluding the last six furlongs of a mile in Imin 23 l-ssec. My Council required Imin 25sec to cover six furlongs, and Hula Belle was held back to Witch of Erin when doing the same distance in Imin 26sec. Those getting through useful tasks included Tippling, the Bonniment filly. Ruling Pen, Silver Paper, Ilkley, Wealth, Princess Argosy, Fair Weather, Gold Paper, Mobile, and Amy Johnson. West Dome is in work again after a lengthy spell. Owners have made an excellent response to the Southland Racing Club’s summer programme, and the nominations should supply the basis of a successful meeting, * Cadland is a strong favourite for the Railway" Handicap, in which ho has 41b i more than when winning the Stewards’ I

* Handicap comfortably in Imin 11 2-ssec. He is a big strong horse and well up to weight. Reports from Riccarton state that Concentrate has come through a solid preparation for the Auckland Cup, and will be a much better horse than when raced at the New Zealand Cup meeting. Guarantee and Captain’s Gift are booked to fulfil engagements at the Auckland Cup meeting. Guarantee ; has done well since racing at the New Zealand Cup meeting and in his gallops finished on well. This applies principally to a working gallop over six furlongs. Still, the fact remains that he has got to improve considerably to have a chance with Red Manfred on their form in the Welcome Stakes. Guarantee is a placid-tempered colt, and lias always finished on well at the end of his races and gallops, and will be a more formidable opponent at Ellerslie than he was at Riccarton. If allowed sufficient compensation for defeat he may win at the meeting. As far as Captain’s Gift i's concerned, his chance rests on temperament. '• He is apt to beat himself by, being a hard puller and that fact , does not help him to stay. Still, the fact remains that lie went a fairly quiet race in the Grand National Hurdles although stopping badly at the finish. Both Captain’s Gift and Guarantee are likely to win at the l meeting. Owing to the Chief Ruler —Cyniene yearling colt appearing in the catalogue for the Trentham sales prior, to his sale to Messrs Smith and Baillieu, of Melbourne, Mr A. B. Williams lias cancelled the sale and this arrangement has been agreed to by Mr J. H. Jefferd, as agent for the buyers. The colt will now go to Trentham and will be submitted at auction as the first lot on the catalogue in January, Advice has been received that Liraarch, owned by Messrs 0.. Nicholson and E. R. Davis, of Auckland, won the Kirkhain Stakes, for two-year-olds, at Warwick Farm, Sydney. The race carries £SOO added-money, with a sweepstakes of £6 each, and the weights are, colts and geldings 8.5, fillies 8.0, with penalties. Limarch .is trained by J. T. Jamieson, and at Randwick in October won the Breeders’ Plate, worth £llsß to the winner. He is by Limond from Queen March.

From November 9 last Irish entries to race meetings in England will be affected by the duty that has to be paid on all racehorses brought into England from Ireland. The duty is 40 per cent, ns against 20 per cent, prior to that date. Once the duty has been paid on any particular animal it is exempt from..further duty, irrespective of the number of times it is transhipped between Ireland and England. The owner of any racehorse on which only 20 per cent, duty has been paid previously is, however, now liable to a further 20 per cent. The acceptances for the first day of the Dunedin summer meeting must be considered very satisfactory in comparison to the number of horses handicapped. Ballance is the only one missing from the High-weight handicap, and only two dropped out of the Maiden Stakes and Dunedin Handicap. Irish Lancer is the most notable absentee of those missing from the Federal Handicap, and of the others Tippling is in the Otago Handicap. Merry Peel and Colonel Cygnus are missing from the _ Otago Handicap and Hystride and Shipshape, two of the three missing from the " Salisbury Handicap, are engaged in the High-weight Handicap. Water Power and Some Toff were paid up for the Otago Handicap in preference to the Burnside Handicap, and Royal Sceptre, Shamfight and Blazon claim other engagements during the . day, and hence their absence from the Milburn Handicap. The acceptances show a very good percentage on the nominations,

and as all tlio horses engaged will also be seen out at the New Year meetings, the running at Wingatui will be followed with more than usual interest. During the year, states the report of the Automatic Totalisator, Ltd., the company completed the installation of total!sators at Miami (U.S.A.), and they proved immediately successful; so much so that the principal sporting papers in America were soon forecasting the early adoption of the Australian totalisators on all American racecourses. Mr J. E. Widener bhairman of the Miami Jockey Club and vice-chairman of the New York Jockey Club, in a recent speech, said: “I see in the Australian totalisator, as installed at Miami, the salvation of racing in New York, as well as the salvation of the breeding industry in America.” The manager of the company (Mr L. L. Raymond) , the report continues, had specially investigated betting conditions in America while on a trip there recently, and he had advised the board that, in order to obtain business in the United States, it was essential that a more efficient check of sold tickets be provided on the ticketissuing machine. This matter of increased control of tickets sold had also been brought up recently by several clubs outside Australia, and the directors had therefore requested Sir George Julius to provide, if possible, better facilities for checking tickets sold. Sir George had already designed mechanism for the purpose, and a redesigned model of the ticket issuer had been forwarded to Miami, and was also being sent to Paris early in the New Year. The cost of totalisator operating when the minimum unit of investment was 5s had been found to be almost double the cost of operating for an equal turnover when the minimum unit of investment was 10s, the report goes on to state, so that, although totalisator business was good in Victoria, it was not as profitable to the company as similar business in New South Wales, where 10s is the unit in the main enclosures, though to an extent the difference in operating cost was offset by the more modern type of machine in use in Victoria.